Cloud Architecture

DATE	TOPIC	DUE
1/16	Topics 1. Course Introduction
1/18	In-Class Activity 1. Course Introduction – ICA – Creating Your First Instance Based Web Server AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Introduction Module Module 1 – Cloud Concepts Overview Introduction to Cloud Computing Advantages of the Cloud Introduction to AWS Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	All students must set up their Amazon Free Tier account before the start of class.
1/23	Topic 2. Cloud native applications AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 3 – AWS Global Infrastructure Overview AWS Services & Service Categories Module 7 – Storage AWS S3 AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 3: Developing Storage Solutions Introducing Amazon S3 Creating S3 buckets
1/25	In-Class Activity 2. Cloud-Native Applications – ICA – Serving Web Pages with CloudFront Content Delivery Network (CDN) Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	ICA 1 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
1/30	Topic 3. Networks and the AWS Platform AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 5 – Networking and Content Delivery Networking Basics Amazon VPC VPC Security CloudFront
2/1	In-Class Activity 3. Networks and the AWS Platform – ICA – Creating and Securing a VPC	ICA 2 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
2/6	Topic 4. Well-Architected Framework AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 9 – Cloud Architecture AWS Well-Architected Framework Design Principles Operational Excellence Security Reliability Performance Efficiency Cost Optimization Reliability & High Availability
2/8	In-Class Activity 4. Well-Architected Framework – ICA – Cloud Native Design Exercise	ICA 3 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
2/13	Topic 5. Storage in the Cloud (RDS&DDB) AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 8 – Databases Amazon RDS Amazon DynamoDB AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 5: Developing Flexible NoSQL Solutions Key concepts for DynamoDB Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here
2/15	In-Class Activity 5a. Storage in the Cloud (RDS&DDB) – ICA – RDS 5b. Storage in the Cloud (RDS&DDB) – ICA – DynamoDB Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	ICA 4 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
2/20	Topic 6. Introduction to Node.js AWS Academy Cloud Foundations Module 6 – Compute Introduction to AWS Lambda AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 7: Developing Event-Driven Serverless Solutions Introducing Serverless Computing Introducing Lambda
2/22	Topic Exam Prep	ICA 5a & 5b Answer Sheets (before start of class)
2/27	Topic Exam #1 – Only units 1-5	Project Part 1 (before start of class)
2/29	In-Class Activity 6. Introduction to Node.js – ICA – Node.js-Lambda
3/12	Topic 7. Consuming APIs Download files needed for class and next ICA here
3/14	In-Class Activity 7. Consuming APIs – ICA Here is a helpful tool: JSON Selector Generator	ICA 6 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
3/19	Topic 8. RESTful APIs with Node.js AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 6: Developing REST APIs Introducing APIs Part 1: Introducing API Gateway Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	Programming Assignment 1 – Lambda Functions – (before start of class)
3/21	In-Class Activity 8. RESTful APIs with Node.js – ICA – GuessANumber1	ICA 7 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
3/26	Topic 9. Building an API – Taking Parameters
3/28	In-Class Activity 9. Building out an API – Taking Parameters – ICA – GuessANumber2	ICA 8 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/2	Topic 10. Building an API – Consuming RDS data Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here
4/4	In-Class Activity 10. Building out an API – Consuming RDS Data – ICA – GuessANumber3	ICA 9 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/9	Topic 11. Building an API – Consuming DynamoDB data AWS Academy Cloud Developing Module 4: Securing Access to Cloud Resources Introducing IAM	Programming Assignment 2 – APIs
4/11	In-Class Activity 11. Building out an API – Consuming DynamoDB Data – ICA – GuessANumber4	ICA 10 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/16	Topic 12. Building Out an API: APIs Consuming APIs Code and data files needed for this unit can be found here	Project Part 2 (before start of class)
4/18	Topic Exam #2 Review	ICA 11 Answer Sheet (before start of class)
4/23	Topic Exam #2 – Only units 6-12	Project Part 3 (before start of class)
4/25	In-Class Activity 12. Building Out an API: APIs Consuming APIs	ICA 12 Answer Sheet (due evening of 4/29 at midnight)